Everyone deserves an equal chance

We’re working to uplift women, people of color and LGBTQ+ communities because everyone deserves an equal chance at economic prosperity.

Creating possibilities for everyone, everywhere

Every day, we’re finding new ways to include more individuals, communities and small businesses in the global economy.

VISA FOUNDATION

$200 million committed towards Equitable Access

Visa Foundation pledged $200 million over five years to its Equitable Access Initiative supporting gender diverse and inclusive small and micro businesses around the world. As part of the initiative, the Foundation will provide $60 million in grants and $140 million in impact investments with a gender and diversity lens.

Learn about Visa Foundation

We support Black Lives Matter

We support the Black Lives Matter movement and have committed to further action and accountability by investing $10 million² in the creation of the Visa Black Scholars and Jobs Program.

How we're committed to BLM

A more inclusive world starts with innovation

Innovation is everywhere  

From innovation centers worldwide to accelerators for start-ups in the payments space, we’re including more people in the global economy through technology.

Visit innovation centers

Visa to digitally enable 50 million SMBs to power recovery

Visa committed to elevate 50 million small and micro businesses (SMBs) worldwide in an effort to get local communities back to business in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

See how Visa is helping SMBs

Black-owned businesses innovate to shrink the racial wealth gap

Kinly is helping Black American families build generational wealth for the Black community.

Visa and Kinly

2021 and beyond

We’re building an environment where diverse backgrounds and perspectives are celebrated and drive success within our company.

What we’re doing right now

Creating new programs to support under-represented talent

Enhancing the talent experience for underrepresented groups

 Expanding inclusion and allyship training

Investing $10M² in the Visa Black Scholars and Jobs program

FOOTNOTES

  1. Visa. (2021) The Visa Back to Business Study 2021 Outlook. [Report] Retrieved from https://usa.visa.com/dam/VCOM/blogs/visa-back-to-business-study-jan21.pdf
  2. Visa. (2020 July 16). Black Lives Matter: Visa commits to further action and accountability. [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2020/07/15/a-message-from-1594835009150.html